Life is a complex system. A factory floor, not so much. Yet the question we are still asking is how do we perform better on the factory floor? As the scope has increased, the answers have changed. With a product line is one thing, within a broad mix, another. Still another when we include the offices, go beyond the walls, the property, the community, the town, until finally, we ask, how do we perform better in the complex system we call life?